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Other eligibility requirements

Open to all new first-year students (UK and international). Preference will be given to lower income households and students who meet one or more of the Widening Participation criteria.

Widening Participation criteria

All bursaries are means-tested. Additional consideration is given to applicants who meet one or more of our Widening Participation criteria as follows:

your home address is in an area where there is a low participation of young people progressing into higher education, as measured by the OfS (UK residents only).
your home address is considered to be in an area of general disadvantage according to Indices of Multiple Deprivation (UK residents only).
you, your partner or a parent or guardian receive a UK state means-tested benefit, including Child Tax Credits, Working Tax Credits, Housing Benefits, Council Tax Benefits, Disability Living Allowance or Personal Independence Payments, Income Support or Income-based Job Seekers Allowance, Income-related Employment and Support Allowance, Pension Credits, Universal Credits etc.
you are care experienced, a care leaver or Foyer resident – you have experienced care, are a care leaver or have lived in a Foyer before starting at Norland, or are supported by a local authority Leaving Care Service and fulfil the criteria as stated in the Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000: A young person aged 16-25 years old who has been ‘looked after’ for at least 13 weeks by a local authority at some point since they were 14 years old, and were in care on or after their sixteenth birthday.
you are irreconcilably estranged from your parents or guardians.
you are a young adult carer – aged between 18 and 25 and look after a relative or friend of any age due to disability, chronic or terminal illness, mental health problems, alcohol or drug addiction/dependency, and are aged 25 years or under at the start of the course.